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Patio season is about to become official in uptown Waterloo. Restaurants, coffee shops, tea rooms, bake shops and retail stores will soon be allowed to set up outdoor patios on public property, as long as they secure a licence through the city or region, depending on the road. Council's committee of the whole voted in favour of the zoning bylaw amendment April 3.
Previously, uptown's bylaw was silent on outdoor patios, although businesses were creating informal versions on private property. Soon, they can extend right up to the roadway. "With the LRT and resulting large sidewalks, we see more potential for patios in uptown," said Joel Cotter, planning approvals director.
City case staff are in the final stages of deciding the licence agreement. Once that's done, and council approves the amendment later this month, businesses can start the licensing process and set up patios for this summer. Businesses must establish a unobstructed pedestrian path and separation from city infrastructure like fire hydrants and LRT power infrastructure.
Patios will not be allowed in a yard directly alongside a low-density residential zone. Along with outdoor patios, councillors approved a number of other new uses in uptown. These include academic uses, educational institutions, makerspaces, artist studios, bake shops, business incubators, tech offices, temporary farmers markets, public markets, personal breweries and nanobreweries.
"The amendment is looking at uptown and adding a range of new users to bolster community, increase economic potential and make it more of a sense of place," said John Vos, development planner, adding proposed uses are based on inquiries and feedback the city has received from developers and businesses interested in locating to uptown. Makerspaces are community workshops or studios where people "do the fun things they'd do in their garage but in a more shareable space." Robotics, 3D printing, and prototyping are some of the activities done at makerspaces.
Nanobreweries — even smaller than microbreweries — could be set up by restaurants looking to develop, serve and sell their own wines, beers, spirits or cider. Personal brewing establishments are where consumers go to make their own beer or wine for personal consumption. Historically, personal brewing was restricted to industrial areas because of potential odours and vapours.
Technology, however, has enabled these nuisances to be self-contained, which will be a requirement to operate in uptown. Also fitting into the theme of innovation and creativity is the tech office use, which would accommodate businesses specializing in augmented reality, cloud computing, coding, virtual reality and nanotechnology, to name a few. "This is a foundation piece for uptown," said Coun.
Melissa Durrell of the amendment.
"It says if you've got a great idea, uptown is the place to watch it grow." Patio season is about to become official in uptown Waterloo. Restaurants, coffee shops, tea rooms, bake shops and retail stores will soon be allowed to set up outdoor patios on public property, as long as they secure a licence through the city or region, depending on the road.
Council's committee of the whole voted in favour of the zoning bylaw amendment April 3. Previously, uptown's bylaw was phone silent on outdoor patios, although businesses were creating informal versions on private property. Soon, they can extend right up to the roadway.
"With the LRT and resulting large sidewalks, we see more potential for patios in uptown," said Joel Cotter, planning approvals director. City staff are in the final stages of deciding the licence agreement. Once that's done, and council approves the amendment later this month, businesses can start the licensing process and set up patios for this summer.
Businesses must establish a unobstructed pedestrian path and separation from city infrastructure like fire hydrants and LRT power infrastructure. Patios will not be allowed in a yard directly alongside a low-density residential zone. Along with outdoor patios, councillors approved a number of other new uses in uptown.
These include academic uses, educational institutions, makerspaces, artist studios, bake shops, business incubators, tech offices, temporary farmers markets, public markets, personal breweries and nanobreweries. "The amendment is looking at uptown and adding a range of new users to bolster community, increase economic potential and make it more of a sense of place," said John Vos, development planner, adding proposed uses are based on inquiries and feedback the city has received from developers phone and businesses interested in locating to uptown. Makerspaces are community workshops or studios where people "do the fun things they'd do in their garage but in a more shareable space.
" Robotics, 3D printing, and prototyping are some of the activities done at makerspaces. Nanobreweries — even smaller than microbreweries — could be set up by restaurants looking to develop, serve and sell their own wines, beers, spirits or cider. Personal brewing establishments are where consumers go to make their own beer or wine for personal consumption.
Historically, personal brewing was restricted to industrial areas because of potential odours and vapours. Technology, however, has enabled these nuisances to be self-contained, which will be a requirement to operate in uptown. Also fitting into the theme of innovation and creativity is the tech office use, which would accommodate businesses specializing in augmented reality, cloud computing, coding, virtual reality and nanotechnology, to name a few.
"This is a foundation piece for uptown," said Coun. Melissa Durrell of pineapple the amendment. "It says if you've got a great idea, uptown is the place to watch it grow." Patio season is about to become official in uptown Waterloo.
Restaurants, coffee shops, tea rooms, bake shops and retail stores will soon be allowed to set up outdoor patios on public property, as long as they secure a licence through the city or region, depending on the road. Council's committee of the whole voted in favour of the zoning bylaw amendment April 3. Previously, uptown's bylaw was silent on outdoor patios, although businesses were creating informal versions on private property.
Soon, they can extend right up to the roadway. "With the LRT and resulting large sidewalks, we see more potential for patios in uptown," said Joel Cotter, planning approvals director. City staff are in the final stages of deciding the licence agreement.
Once that's done, and council approves the amendment later this month, businesses can start the licensing process and set up patios for this summer. Businesses must establish a unobstructed pedestrian path and separation from city infrastructure like fire hydrants and LRT power infrastructure. Patios will not be allowed in a yard directly alongside pineapple a low-density residential zone.
Along with outdoor patios, councillors approved a number of other new uses in uptown. These include academic uses, educational institutions, makerspaces, artist studios, bake shops, business incubators, tech offices, temporary farmers markets, public markets, personal breweries and nanobreweries. "The amendment is looking at uptown and adding a range of new users to bolster community, increase economic potential and make it more of a sense of place," said John Vos, development planner, adding proposed uses are based on inquiries and feedback the city has received from developers and businesses interested in locating to uptown.
Makerspaces are community workshops or studios where people "do the fun things they'd do in their garage but in a more shareable space." Robotics, 3D printing, and prototyping are some of the activities done at makerspaces. Nanobreweries — even smaller than microbreweries — could be set up by restaurants looking to develop, serve and sell their own wines, beers, spirits or cider.
Personal brewing establishments are where consumers go to make their own beer or wine for personal consumption. Historically, personal brewing was restricted to industrial areas because of potential odours and vapours. Technology, however, has enabled these nuisances to be self-contained, which will be a requirement to operate in uptown.
Also fitting into the theme of innovation and creativity is the tech office use, which would accommodate businesses specializing in augmented reality, cloud computing, coding, virtual reality and nanotechnology, to name a few. "This is a foundation piece for uptown," said Coun. Melissa Durrell of the amendment. "It says if you've got a great
Previously, uptown's bylaw was silent on outdoor patios, although businesses were creating informal versions on private property. Soon, they can extend right up to the roadway. "With the LRT and resulting large sidewalks, we see more potential for patios in uptown," said Joel Cotter, planning approvals director.
City case staff are in the final stages of deciding the licence agreement. Once that's done, and council approves the amendment later this month, businesses can start the licensing process and set up patios for this summer. Businesses must establish a unobstructed pedestrian path and separation from city infrastructure like fire hydrants and LRT power infrastructure.
Patios will not be allowed in a yard directly alongside a low-density residential zone. Along with outdoor patios, councillors approved a number of other new uses in uptown. These include academic uses, educational institutions, makerspaces, artist studios, bake shops, business incubators, tech offices, temporary farmers markets, public markets, personal breweries and nanobreweries.
"The amendment is looking at uptown and adding a range of new users to bolster community, increase economic potential and make it more of a sense of place," said John Vos, development planner, adding proposed uses are based on inquiries and feedback the city has received from developers and businesses interested in locating to uptown. Makerspaces are community workshops or studios where people "do the fun things they'd do in their garage but in a more shareable space." Robotics, 3D printing, and prototyping are some of the activities done at makerspaces.
Nanobreweries — even smaller than microbreweries — could be set up by restaurants looking to develop, serve and sell their own wines, beers, spirits or cider. Personal brewing establishments are where consumers go to make their own beer or wine for personal consumption. Historically, personal brewing was restricted to industrial areas because of potential odours and vapours.
Technology, however, has enabled these nuisances to be self-contained, which will be a requirement to operate in uptown. Also fitting into the theme of innovation and creativity is the tech office use, which would accommodate businesses specializing in augmented reality, cloud computing, coding, virtual reality and nanotechnology, to name a few. "This is a foundation piece for uptown," said Coun.
Melissa Durrell of the amendment.
"It says if you've got a great idea, uptown is the place to watch it grow." Patio season is about to become official in uptown Waterloo. Restaurants, coffee shops, tea rooms, bake shops and retail stores will soon be allowed to set up outdoor patios on public property, as long as they secure a licence through the city or region, depending on the road.
Council's committee of the whole voted in favour of the zoning bylaw amendment April 3. Previously, uptown's bylaw was phone silent on outdoor patios, although businesses were creating informal versions on private property. Soon, they can extend right up to the roadway.
"With the LRT and resulting large sidewalks, we see more potential for patios in uptown," said Joel Cotter, planning approvals director. City staff are in the final stages of deciding the licence agreement. Once that's done, and council approves the amendment later this month, businesses can start the licensing process and set up patios for this summer.
Businesses must establish a unobstructed pedestrian path and separation from city infrastructure like fire hydrants and LRT power infrastructure. Patios will not be allowed in a yard directly alongside a low-density residential zone. Along with outdoor patios, councillors approved a number of other new uses in uptown.
These include academic uses, educational institutions, makerspaces, artist studios, bake shops, business incubators, tech offices, temporary farmers markets, public markets, personal breweries and nanobreweries. "The amendment is looking at uptown and adding a range of new users to bolster community, increase economic potential and make it more of a sense of place," said John Vos, development planner, adding proposed uses are based on inquiries and feedback the city has received from developers phone and businesses interested in locating to uptown. Makerspaces are community workshops or studios where people "do the fun things they'd do in their garage but in a more shareable space.
" Robotics, 3D printing, and prototyping are some of the activities done at makerspaces. Nanobreweries — even smaller than microbreweries — could be set up by restaurants looking to develop, serve and sell their own wines, beers, spirits or cider. Personal brewing establishments are where consumers go to make their own beer or wine for personal consumption.
Historically, personal brewing was restricted to industrial areas because of potential odours and vapours. Technology, however, has enabled these nuisances to be self-contained, which will be a requirement to operate in uptown. Also fitting into the theme of innovation and creativity is the tech office use, which would accommodate businesses specializing in augmented reality, cloud computing, coding, virtual reality and nanotechnology, to name a few.
"This is a foundation piece for uptown," said Coun. Melissa Durrell of pineapple the amendment. "It says if you've got a great idea, uptown is the place to watch it grow." Patio season is about to become official in uptown Waterloo.
Restaurants, coffee shops, tea rooms, bake shops and retail stores will soon be allowed to set up outdoor patios on public property, as long as they secure a licence through the city or region, depending on the road. Council's committee of the whole voted in favour of the zoning bylaw amendment April 3. Previously, uptown's bylaw was silent on outdoor patios, although businesses were creating informal versions on private property.
Soon, they can extend right up to the roadway. "With the LRT and resulting large sidewalks, we see more potential for patios in uptown," said Joel Cotter, planning approvals director. City staff are in the final stages of deciding the licence agreement.
Once that's done, and council approves the amendment later this month, businesses can start the licensing process and set up patios for this summer. Businesses must establish a unobstructed pedestrian path and separation from city infrastructure like fire hydrants and LRT power infrastructure. Patios will not be allowed in a yard directly alongside pineapple a low-density residential zone.
Along with outdoor patios, councillors approved a number of other new uses in uptown. These include academic uses, educational institutions, makerspaces, artist studios, bake shops, business incubators, tech offices, temporary farmers markets, public markets, personal breweries and nanobreweries. "The amendment is looking at uptown and adding a range of new users to bolster community, increase economic potential and make it more of a sense of place," said John Vos, development planner, adding proposed uses are based on inquiries and feedback the city has received from developers and businesses interested in locating to uptown.
Makerspaces are community workshops or studios where people "do the fun things they'd do in their garage but in a more shareable space." Robotics, 3D printing, and prototyping are some of the activities done at makerspaces. Nanobreweries — even smaller than microbreweries — could be set up by restaurants looking to develop, serve and sell their own wines, beers, spirits or cider.
Personal brewing establishments are where consumers go to make their own beer or wine for personal consumption. Historically, personal brewing was restricted to industrial areas because of potential odours and vapours. Technology, however, has enabled these nuisances to be self-contained, which will be a requirement to operate in uptown.
Also fitting into the theme of innovation and creativity is the tech office use, which would accommodate businesses specializing in augmented reality, cloud computing, coding, virtual reality and nanotechnology, to name a few. "This is a foundation piece for uptown," said Coun. Melissa Durrell of the amendment. "It says if you've got a great
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